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There are no surviving writings of Thales. Our knowledge of Thales' life and thought comes to us in the form of commentaries by subsequent writers, principally Aristotle (with particular reference to his Metaphysics), who commented on all of his predecessors, including Thales. Some modern discussions are listed below.
Web links
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Thales - contains detailed references to many of the ancient writings discussing Thales
Print literature
Editions
Diels-Kranz and Kirk-Raven-Schofield are the two standard editions of material related to the presocratic philosophers. Both editions contain the original Greek texts and translations (Diels-Kranz is translated into German; Kirk-Raven-Schofield is translated into English).
- Diels, Hermann, and Walther Kranz. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker. Weidmann, Berlin: 1934-37.
- Kirk, G.S., Raven, J.E., and Schofield, M., The Presocratic Philosophers Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 1990.
Secondary Literature
- Barnes, J., Early Greek Philosophy (London, 1987)
- Copleston, F.C., History of Philosophy, Vol 1: Greece and Rome (Part 1 is a section on Pre-Socratic Philosophers)
- Hussey E., The Presocratics
- Long, A. A. (ed), The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy
- Mourelatos, Alexander P. D. (ed), The Pre-Socratics: a Collection of Critical Essays (1993)